A Birder S Guide To Florida

More than 330 birding sites are described, and more than 400 species accounts are now included. A Birder's Guide to Florida's comprehensive introduction helps birders to understand seasonal bird distribution in Florida's various habitats. Whether you are hoping to see fairly common birds such as White-crowned Pigeon, or are searching for elusive birds such as Black Rail, or wish to be surprised by the discovery of an unconventional bird such as Scaly-headed Parrot, this birdfinding guide and your field guide are the only books you'll need!

Describes more than 250 birding locations throughout Florida, with over 80 maps, bar-graphs, and details about over 180 species.

This easy-to-follow guidebook spans 18 counties in eastern Florida to showcase 136 birding sites from the Georgia border to Lake Okeechobee, including the Jacksonville and Orlando metropolitan areas. Maps.

Birdwatching is for everyone. No other outdoor pursuit yields so much knowledge of nature’s ways with so little effort—if one knows what to look for. Birding Florida opens the world of birding to the novice and expert in this complete guide to getting the most out of birding in Florida. Birding Florida includes sections on birding technology, equipment, identification techniques, birding “by ear,” where to view birds, field guides, optics, and other essentials to get birders of all skill levels into the field to identify birds throughout Florida. Especially valuable are descriptions of habitat, feeding, nesting, and migration—informing the reader not only about what kind of bird is on the other end of the binoculars, but what it is up to as well. Includes: GPS coordinates for each species of the top three to five locations where you’re likely to see the bird and what time of year is best for this Full-color photos Over 300 species

If you want to maximize your time finding birds in Florida, this book is for you. Avid birder and wildlife photographer Mark Smith discloses 19 of his favorite birding locations that span the entire state. While 19 locations might not seem like that many, many of the destinations in this book can take days or weeks to fully explore. There are enough locations to keep you happily viewing a very wide range of birds for a very long time. With that in mind, you could also use this book to visit a couple of these locations on a weekend visit to Florida. Have a business trip in Florida but don't think you have enough time to get out birding, with this book you do. Bringing the entire family down for a vacation and want to sneak away for a few hours to get your birding fix, this book will help you do it. A handy full color map, addresses or GPS coordinates will help you get to each location easily. Mark also highlights all the crucial info like: What you can expect to see? Are there hiking trails? Can you drive? Are pets allowed? Are there bathrooms? Are there any entry fees? Phone numbers and email addresses, pretty much everything you need to have a fun and exciting visit. Mark also discusses planning your trip, things you might need to bring, things to watch out for and some solid birding field techniques that with practice and patience can get you closer to the birds. The book is loaded with beautiful bird pictures that Mark took himself at all of the locations in the guide book. Mark Smith is a Florida native who has spent years traversing the state of Florida. His time exploring has given him an "Insider's" look at the wonderful birds that call this very unique ecosystem home and he openly shares all of his knowledge in this book. If you want to maximize the amount of time you get to see birds in Florida, this guide book is a must. Pick up a copy today and start adding birds to your life list.

A Birder's Guide to Alaska gives you the detailed information you need to find the Great Lands great birds. Over 60 locations are covered, including the state's entire road system, the Alaska Highway from Dawson Creek, British Columbia through the Yukon to Alaska, the Alaska Marine Highway ferry system, and the Alaska Marine Highway from British Columbia to Alaska. Special attention is given to providing birding information for the larger communities of Anchorage, Fairbanks, and Juneau, in addition to Alaska's popular tourist destinations: Denali National Park, the Inside Passage, the Kenai Peninsula, and Nome. Year-round birding information is included for most locations. Each chapter includes a section on local logistics and more comprehensive trip-planning information is included in the introduction.

One woman . . . one year . . . 723 species of birds. . . In 2008, Lynn Barber's passion for birding led her to drive, fly, sail, walk, stalk, and sit in search of birds in twenty-five states and three provinces. Traveling more than 175,000 miles, she set a twenty-first century record at the time, second to only one other person in history. Over 272 days, Barber observed 723 species of birds in North America north of Mexico, recording a remarkable 333 new species in January but, with the dwindling returns typical to Big Year birding, only eight in December, a month that found her crisscrossing the continent from Texas to Newfoundland, from Washington to Ontario. In the months between, she felt every extreme of climate, well-being, and emotion. But, whether finally spotting an elusive Blue Bunting or seeing three species of eiders in a single day, she was also challenged, inspired, and rewarded by nearly every experience. Barber's journal from her American Birding Association-sanctioned Big Year covers the highlights of her treks to forests, canyons, mountain ranges, deserts, oceans, lakes, and numerous spots in between. Written in the informal style of a diary, it captures the detail, humor, challenges, and fun of a good adventure travelogue and also conveys the remarkable diversity of North American birds and habitat. For actual or would-be “travel birders,” Lynn Barber’s Extreme Birder provides a fascinating, binoculars-eye view of one of the best-loved pastimes of nature lovers everywhere. "Lynn Barber challenges a traditionally male-dominated pursuit--the birding big year--and is successful beyond her wildest dreams. She is an inspiration for all who love adventure, nature, and birds."--Lynn Hassler, author, Birds of the American Southwest